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1 My. invention relates-to railway and more particularly to ties adaptedfor use" .,,UNLI.TED, STATE PATENT OFFICE.

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Toa ZZ wlwiniit may concern:

-Be;it known that I, WALTER D. :S'rooKLY, acitizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of the-city of :Fairmont, in the county of Marionandv Stateof West Virginia,- have invented certain new and usefulImprove} ments: in Railway -CIOSSt16S, ofwlnch-the following is aspeclficatlon."

cross-ties in mine railways.

2 Itis-the object of my invention to provide a tie of this general typewhich comprises a small number of parts thereby eliminating unnecessary.bolts, nuts, pins, etc.,- which are liable to become loosenedandseparated from the tie and subsequently lost.

To this end, the invention comprises a' U- shaped channelmember formingthe body the tie.-

of; the tie. Adjacent each end of the tie" bodyl provideaclip or lugandspaced from each ,iof these an abutment adapted to cooperate with awedge for securing'the rail to An important feature of my inventionresides. in the construction of this abutment whereby the wedgeforsecuring the rail'tothe tie is easily put into operation andthereafter prevented from working loose. The bearing face for the Wedgeis made convex thereby facilitating the insertion of the wedge betweenthe abutment and the rail, the wedge thereafter becoming seated upon theabutment by reason of the engagement of the convexed face of theabutment with the wooden wedge.

The various features of my invention will be made more apparent in theaccompanying specification and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of one end of the tieconstructed in accordance withv my invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1, I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective vie showing more in-detail theabutment, and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.& of Fig. 1.

The numeral 10 represents the tie which is formed of an invertedU-shaped channel member made preferably of rolled steel. This tie isadapted to support the rail 11 having a web portion 12 and a base orflange 13.

Disposed adjacent each end of the tie is a clip or lug 14 also formedpreferably of a U-shaped channel member secured to the tie s pecificationlof Letters Patent. Patented 1922 App1ication'fi1edapri15;

1921; Serial No. 458,704.

T by a rivet or bolt 15. ()ne end of each clip v is adapted to receive aflange 13 of the rail.

- Disposed also at eachend of the tie l0 and spaced from each lug letis'an abutment or clip 18 secured to rivets or bolts 19.

One portion of this abutment 20 projects upwardly and is inclined so asto form with the base portion an obtuse angle. 1 The por tion 20 of theabutment is arched or bent to form a convex bearing face 21." A woodenwedge 22 is'adapted to be inserted between the rail and the portion 20of the abutment, thereby bearing against this convex bearing surface 21.Because the ends 'of the the tie by suitable convex members flareoutwardly or away ,from the rail, the insertlon .of. the wedge betweenthe'abutment'and the rail is facilitated'. When the wedge hasbeen'inserted between the abutment and the rail, the pres this latterinstance, the abutment will function with the wedge in the same manneras described hereinbefore.

In assembling the ties and rails, the flange 13 of the rail is disposedunder the upward- 1y inclined end 16 of the lug 14 and within the wedgeshaped space 17 formed by inclining the end 16 of the lug away from thetie. The wedge 22 is then inserted between the rail and the abutment,the wedge bearing against the web 12 of the rail on one side and againstthe convex face 21 of the abutment on the other side. The pressureexerted upon the rail by the wedge tends to move the rail sidewise andinto its position under the lug 16, the flange 13 of the railbeingsecurelv wedged in the wedge-shaped space 17. A verticaldisplacement of the wedge 22 is prevented by the inclination of theportion 20 of the abutment.

When the track is in use the stress imparted to the rails tends to tipthem outwardly-in a direction away from the center of the track. Thisstress upon the rails is positively resisted by the lu s 14 which aredisposed nearer the center of the track and bear against the half of therail flange which would tend to move upwardly under the aforenamedstresses. The stresses tending to" tifp the rails inwardly or toward thecenter 0 the track are negligible and are resisted by the contact of thewedge with the outer flan e of the rail. h f f i e primary purpose t ereore, o t wedge and abutment is to keep the rail in intimate engagementwith its corresponding lug and by the construction illustrated, this is.'ured.

partsof the device just described are easily assembled and the rail maybe secured to the tie without the use of nuts and bolts 01 the like,which would raise" the possibility of parts becoming loosened and therail unsecured upon the tie.

Certain modifications of the particular structure illustrated may beresorted to without do arting from the spirit and scope of m inv'fintionand to this end, I reserve this ri" v aving thus described my invention,what I claim is:

1. A railway tie comprising a body member, rail engaging lugs secured tosaid body member adjacent its ends, and separate wedge abutments ofsubstantially L-shape spaced from said lugs whereby wedges may begnserted between said abutments and the ra 2. A cross-tie for minerailways comprisin? a body member, rail engaging lugs rig- 1d y securedto said member and in position to engage the flange of rails, convexfaced abutments spaced from said lugs and inclined at an angle withrespect to the body member and wedges adapted to be inserted between therail and said abutments, substantially ascend for the purpose described.

3. A cross-tie for mine railways comprisigf a body member, rail engaginglugs rigi y, secured to said member, cooperatin abutments secured tosaid tie adjacent sai lugs, saidabutments being each formedwith a baseand an inclined portion, inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to thebase, said inclined portion being curved to form a convex bear ngsurface, and awedge :1 ed to be inserted between the rail and. shutmentbearing on one hand against the web of said rail and on the other handthe eonvexed beari a surface, substantially as for the purpose seri,

4 A railway tie comprising a body member, rail engaging lugs secured tosaid member adjacent its ends, separate abutments of substantiallyL-shape spaced from said lugs, said abutments being provided with convexbeari faces and adapted to he inserted tween said abutments and themile. 5.- A railway tie comprising a body men ber, rail engaging lugssecured to said body member, wedge abutments on each end of said body,said abutments being inclined and having horizontally dispqad convexbeari faces and wedges adapted to be in serted hetween said abutmentsand theraile- WALTER D. STOCKLY.

